People Matter

Senior Manager, Operations

Checkr

Checkr

Operations
Denver, CO, USA
Posted on Sep 25, 2024

About Checkr
Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. We've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr has been recognized as one of BuiltIn's 2023 Best Places to Work in the US and is a Y Combinator 2023 Breakthrough Company.

About the Team/Role

Reporting into the Director of Product Quality Operations, the Senior Manager, Operations (QA) will be responsible for overseeing a large team of global compliance professionals, ensuring optimal performance, productive collaboration, and the consistent delivery of high-quality services for Checkr and its customers.

The Senior Manager will also play a key strategic role in managing and streamlining compliance-based workflows and processes that directly support Checkr's products and customer base. This will be a highly cross-functional role that will collaborate closely with Operations, Product & Engineering, and Legal, as well as external vendors.

This role will be based in our Denver, Colorado hub.


What you’ll do

  • Lead and manage a global workforce of 50+ team members responsible for industry compliance, system accuracy, and general product operations
  • Own key performance metrics like turnaround time and quality that directly influence department and company top-line goals
  • Use data to proactively optimize processes, creatively solve problems and track results to ensure maximum possible accuracy of team’s work
  • Drive continuous improvement in team decision-making and processes, and deliver remediation plans
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and investigate complex compliance risk issues and solve problems at the root causes
  • Communicate cross-functionally to ensure timely resolutions and information integrity. Ideate and execute on improvements for current processes, systems, and tools in partnership with Operations, Product, and Legal teams.

What you bring

  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a leadership role in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • Demonstrated experience in hiring, managing, and developing high-performing teams
  • Experience leading with global teams, including business process outsourcing
  • Strong analytical mindset with proficiency in data-driven decision making
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Passion for innovation, quality, compliance, and improving the customer experience
  • Knowledge of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and related employment laws, and background check industry or trust & safety experience is preferred

What you’ll get

  • A fast-paced and collaborative environment
  • Learning and development allowance
  • Competitive cash and equity compensation and opportunity for advancement
  • 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

The base salary range for this role in Denver, CO is $118,985 to $148,731.


Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.

Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.